Physics 251 course page

Fall 2008
Department of Physics
University of California, Berkeley

Course meetings until September 15: Mon 1:00-2:00, 155 Donner Lab
From September 22 onward: Mon 1:00-2:00, 325 Le Conte

This course is the "Introduction to Research" seminar for all first-year graduate students. There are no homework assignments or exams, but regular attendance is expected.

September 1: HOLIDAY (Labor Day)
September 8: Prof. Holger Mueller, "Exploring fundamental laws of physics by precision measurements using quantum technologies"
September 15: Prof. Ahmet Yildiz
September 22: Prof. Charles Townes
September 29: Prof. Yury Kolomensky
October 6: Prof. Burkhard Militzer (Astrophysics/Earth and Planetary Science), "First-Principles Computer Simulations in Earth and Planetary Science"
October 13: Prof. Kam-Biu Luk
October 20: Prof. Feng Wang
October 27: Prof. Stuart Freedman
November 3: Prof. Uros Seljak
November 10: Dr. Ernst Sichtermann (Nuclear Science Division, LBL)
November 17: Prof. Eliot Quataert (Astrophysics)
November 24: Prof. Hartmut Haffner, "Quantum computation with trapped ions"
December 1: Prof. Michael Crommie
December 8: Prof. Arun Majumdar (Materials Science/Mech. Eng.; Director, EETD, LBL)
Schedule as of 9/1 in .pdf format

Other research of potential interest: Lasers, Optical Accelerator Systems Integrated Studies Program
IceCube Berkeley Group

The above files are in pdf format. If necessary they can be converted to PostScript using the utility pdf2ps.

Instructor contact information

Joel Moore, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Office: 549 Birge Hall
Mail: 366 Le Conte #7300
Berkeley, CA 94720-7300
(510)642-8313
jemoore@berkeley.edu